Alert archive / Arkansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Little Rock, AR
NWS Little Rock, AR issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 22, 1997, 12:56 AM CST for Yell County, Arkansas. It was in force for 49 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 22, 1997, 12:56 AM CST (06:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 22, 1997, 1:45 AM CST
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Little Rock, AR
- Area
- Whole counties
County Yell County, AR
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 22, 1:15 AM CST | Thunderstorm Wind 50 | Danville, AR |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 214 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 598 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 279 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 376 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jan 21, 11:10 PM CST, 1 hour 46 minutes before
ARZ003>005-012-013-220700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 1110 PM CST TUE JAN 21 1997 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR A SMALL PART OF NORTHWEST ARAKNSAS... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR A SMALL PART OF NORTHWEST ARKANSAS UNTIL 500 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING. LATE TUESDAY EVENING...A COLD FRONT EXTENDED FROM SOUTHEAST KANSAS INTO EASTERN OKLAHOMA. AT 1100 PM CST...A SMALL LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS BEGINNING TO DEVELOP AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA. THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE MOVING EASTWARD AND ENTER PARTS OF NORTHWEST ARKANSAS OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS. THE ATMOSPHERE IN ADVANCE OF THE COLD FRONT IS UNSTABLE ENOUGH FOR SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS TO REACH SEVERE LEVELS. DAMAGING WINDS AND THE POSSIBILITY OF LARGE HAIL WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREAT WITH SOME OF THE STORMS. PERSONS ACROSS NORTHWEST ARKANSAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TONIGHT FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE WEATHER. STAY TUNED TO YOUR LOCAL TELEVISION OR RADIO STATION...LOCAL CABLE TELEVISION OUTLET...OR LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST STATEMENTS AND WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. 44
Special weather statement, Jan 21, 11:11 PM CST, 1 hour 45 minutes before
ARZ003>005-012-013-220700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 1110 PM CST TUE JAN 21 1997 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR A SMALL PART OF NORTHWEST ARAKNSAS... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR A SMALL PART OF NORTHWEST ARKANSAS UNTIL 500 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING. LATE TUESDAY EVENING...A COLD FRONT EXTENDED FROM SOUTHEAST KANSAS INTO EASTERN OKLAHOMA. AT 1100 PM CST...A SMALL LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS BEGINNING TO DEVELOP AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA. THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE MOVING EASTWARD AND ENTER PARTS OF NORTHWEST ARKANSAS OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS. THE ATMOSPHERE IN ADVANCE OF THE COLD FRONT IS UNSTABLE ENOUGH FOR SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS TO REACH SEVERE LEVELS. DAMAGING WINDS AND THE POSSIBILITY OF LARGE HAIL WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREAT WITH SOME OF THE STORMS. PERSONS ACROSS NORTHWEST ARKANSAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TONIGHT FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE WEATHER. STAY TUNED TO YOUR LOCAL TELEVISION OR RADIO STATION...LOCAL CABLE TELEVISION OUTLET...OR LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST STATEMENTS AND WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. 44
The office that day
Everything else NWS Little Rock, AR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 22, 12:56 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Yell | 19 min |
| Jan 22, 2:33 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Conway, Faulkner | 62 min |
| Jan 22, 3:03 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | White | 62 min |
Nearby
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.